. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. GOO 255 GOO To raise Varieties.âThe seed must bush, B B is the soil taken out about be taken from perfectly ripe berries, eighteen inches all round the plant, and sown immediately in pots of light i and about six inches deep at C, that if loam, to remain in the green-house ' there are any buds or suckers, they are during winter, or be preserved in sand ; sure to be seen and destroyed. Thisdo until February, and then sown. The j every year in December, and as soon soil must be kept moderately moist un- as the soil is taken out, spread cowdung til t
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. GOO 255 GOO To raise Varieties.âThe seed must bush, B B is the soil taken out about be taken from perfectly ripe berries, eighteen inches all round the plant, and sown immediately in pots of light i and about six inches deep at C, that if loam, to remain in the green-house ' there are any buds or suckers, they are during winter, or be preserved in sand ; sure to be seen and destroyed. Thisdo until February, and then sown. The j every year in December, and as soon soil must be kept moderately moist un- as the soil is taken out, spread cowdung til they are large enough to prick out over the roots as shown at B, after in beds. ' which replace the earth that has been Cu^img-s are the best mode of propa-' taken out: when you have any new gating approved kinds. Take a bearing seedlings to propagate, do not take out shoot not less than nine inches long; the soil, but lay the manure round them, remove all the buds but the top three,, and cover it with a layer of earth, and bury them to within an inch of the which encourages the plant to produce lowest bud left. Plant them in rows suckers. eighteen inches apart each way. 'â By these means good bushes are Culture.âAt the end of the first year, sooner obtained than by cuttings, and the shoots must be cut down to a few generally speaking, well-rooted suckers eyes, and the plants kept clear from may be taken off in October, which any summer shoots that may be on the , produce fruit the following year. The stem or that spring from the root; they cuttings should be deprived of all their must have plenty of water the first sum- under-ground eyes or buds ; before they They will be fit to plant out in two or three years into borders or quarters, at eight feet between the rows, and six feet apart. At the time of planting out, some rich compost may be added with great etfect towards the flavour, size, and abundance of the crop.âDoyle. " There is a continual tendency on are put int
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